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VMS Help MERGE, Command Qualifiers *Conan The Librarian |
/CHECK_SEQUENCE
Verifies the sequence of the records only in Merge input
files. By default Merge checks the sequence of the records.
Use only with the MERGE command.
/COLLATING_SEQUENCE
Selects one of three predefined collating sequences for
character key fields, or specifies the name of a National
character set (NCS) collating sequence to be used in comparing
character keys. Sort arranges characters in ASCII sequence by
default; the EBCDIC and Multinational sequences can also be
used.
High-performance Sort/Merge: The high-performance Sort/Merge
utility currently supports all collating sequences except NCS.
/DUPLICATES
By default, Sort retains multiple records with duplicate keys.
The /NODUPLICATES qualifier eliminates all but one of multiple
records with duplicate keys.
/KEY
Describes key fields, including the position, size, sorting
order, and data type.
/PROCESS
Defines the internal sorting process. The /PROCESS qualifier
allows you to choose one of four processes: record, tag,
address, or index. By default, SORT uses a record sorting
process. Use only with the SORT command.
High-performance Sort/Merge: The high-performance Sort/Merge
utility currently supports only the record process.
/SPECIFICATION
Identifies a Sort or Merge specification file.
High-performance Sort/Merge: The high-performance Sort/Merge
utility does not currently support the use of specification
files.
/STABLE
Directs records with equal keys to the output file in their
input file order. The default condition is /NOSTABLE.
/STATISTICS
Displays a statistical summary that can be used for
optimization.
High-performance Sort/Merge: The high-performance Sort/Merge
utility supports the display of some statistics, but not all
of them. See the full description for information.
/WORK_FILES
Increases the number of Sort work files by any number from
1 to 10 inclusively to make each work file smaller. If the
available disks are too small or too full for work files,
increasing the number of files can improve the efficiency of
the sort operation. Use only with the SORT command.
High-performance Sort/Merge: The high-performance Sort/Merge
utility supports from 1 to 255 work files.
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